The Beginning of Winter Festival is the most important festival in the Acropolis and the most important festival of the year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

From this day on, winter has officially begun, and the corn has been harvested and all stored, so it is necessary to tell God on this day and pray for a good harvest next year.

There are no wars in winter, and the Acropolis, who have been associated with war since birth, regard this day as an extremely important holiday.

On this day, the chiefs of the cities visit those who have been wounded in the war, offer sacrifices to the dead, and bring large quantities of food to the families who have lost their families in the war.

This year is the first year that Wei Ha has become the head of the city, and his uncle, who opposed him, has become a slave, and with his previous prestige and his father's designation before his death, his position seems to be secure, but he still has to pay attention to this sacrifice, which is the tradition of the city.

There was no sacrifice in Xia Cheng a year ago, and the sacrifice appeared when the planting industry changed the life of the clan, and there was no calendar before, so the most important sacrifice in Xia Cheng was before planting, which was completely different from the Acropolis.

There is a very interesting habit of the beginning of winter festival in the Acropolis, when I was in Hwaseong, there was a Dongyi tribe by the sea who said that after the beginning of winter, the pheasants in the woods would disappear, but there would be a lot of colorful mussels on the seaside.

This is just a natural coincidence, but it has become a custom to prove the normality of the solar terms, so on this day, the leader of the city will dig a pit and bury a pheasant, and someone will replace it with a mussel shell at night, so that the next year will have four distinct seasons.

When the pheasants were planted in the Wei River, the whole tribe knelt on the ground and prayed for a good harvest next year.

The tribes who had been conquered by the Acropolis and who had forced them to pay half of their annual grain were also present, and they were more religious than the people in the city. The chief of the Acropolis always speaks, and he will never ask for more than half of it, but never too little, and there have been tribes who have deceived them, and those tribes can now only be slaves to be bought and sold in the city.

Wei He was busy all day, and it wasn't until the second day of the Lidong Festival that he found time to meet the red fish.

Hongyu looked at Wei He, he was not very old, and in Hongyu's opinion, he was slightly older than Jian Chen, but he was very burly, his arms were very thick, and there was a scar on his cheek, which looked a little vicious.

Wearing a very simple shirt on his body, except for the jade Jue on his waist, he didn't seem to be able to see any difference from an ordinary clansman at all.

Hongyu first gave Xia Cheng a gift, two fine tanned fur scarves, Wei He took them and put them beside him very casually, and did not take another look.

"I've heard my father talk about the past since I was a child, and to be honest, I've never heard the surname Ji before. But I think your last name will soon be known to the rest of the towns, because you have a car, which is a good thing. I think it won't be long before your surname will be even more famous than the one E. ”

He praised a few words without hesitation, and then said with envy: "With a car, you can carry more food, you can fight a war for a longer time, and you can go to a long distance...... It's a pity that our tribe can't do it. ”

Redfish smiled: "Our tribe has a lot more than wheels...... For example, words, numbers, and ......"

Before she finished speaking, Wei He waved his hand and said, "I heard Wei Xi say that your city walls are higher than ours, and the cities are straighter, but this is useless, the clansmen are the protection of the city." Besides, the grass birds in the mountains can make their nests look good and call beautifully, but what is the use? It's not yet food for falcons. Nothing is useful except for fighting. ”

Hongyu smiled faintly, without explaining much on this issue, Wei He frowned and said: "I don't like to let my people be merchants, you don't have to plant, and you don't work, just transport the goods here, you can exchange for enough food for you to eat or even more, if everyone does this, who will farm and who will fight?" ”

"But without us, wouldn't your tribe be short of salt?"

"I just don't like my people to do this, I like you to do this. Your salt is better than that brought from the cities lower down the river, and you exchange less than they wanted. What is Ji Xia going to let you change this time? Slave or corn? ”

"Slaves."

"Then let's change it. I'll also send Ji Xia some gifts, you go back and tell Ji Xia that if you give me something next time, it's better to have a car, not this kind of scar......"

He grabbed the two beautifully sewn scarves, shook his head, and said, "If you want to keep warm, a sheepskin is enough." If the people like this kind of thing and exchange it for corn, then it won't work. If you don't have this kind of thing, the people won't want it, but once you have it, it's different, next time it's better not to bring these things, we only exchange salt and linen and those bronze farming tools...... By the way, and cars. ”

Someone else is responsible for the exchange, and when Wei He got up to leave, Hongyu also got up and said, "Ji Xia asked me to come, there is one more thing to discuss with you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"He hopes that after the corn is planted in May next year, he will be able to discuss the matter between the three cities with you and the Eyue Alliance, and at the same time, he also hopes that the three cities can send the strongest warriors of their respective tribes to compete."

"Alliance? A tiger won't bite another tiger at will, even if there is no alliance. Even if a sheep is allied with a tiger, the tiger will also bite him, and the alliance will ...... Whether you can talk about it or not, let's talk about it when the time comes. It's just, what do you mean by this contest between warriors? ”

It was the first time Wei He had heard such a strange statement, and he didn't know what it meant.

"In the past, when our tribe had a dispute, they would fight each other with wooden sticks, so that they could not kill each other, but also vent their grievances in their hearts. Over time, a habit was formed, which was held once a year, both to perpetuate the habit and to keep the people in the city strongest. ”

Wei He laughed and said, "This is a good idea, and Ji Xia came up with it?" ”

"Yes."

"The warriors of our city are no worse than those of other cities, but they have all been archery and wrestling since childhood. Tell me, I'll hear what you all compare. ”

"Archery, spear fighting, racing, javelin, ......"

Wei He nodded and said: "It's all something related to the war, it's okay to compare these, so that the clansmen can remember these skills to protect themselves and the city, and they can also choose the strongest one." Driving...... Your city must have won, but what do you mean by that grenade at the end? ”

Hongyu took out a fist-sized stone ball and said, "It's just that whoever threw it farther than this." ”

Wei Xi took the stone ball, fiddled with it casually, shook his head, and said, "What is this for?" It's not heavy, but it can't be thrown far enough to smash people? At most, it is only a few dozen steps, and the throw is not accurate, far inferior to the bow and arrow, which is really strange......" (To be continued. )